The Establishing Shot: Trailer of the Week - [REC] Genesis Trailer
Set for release on 11 May, [REC] Genesis sees couple Koldo and Clara about to celebrate the most important day of their lives: their wedding. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride and groom and their families are enjoying a wonderful day; that is until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know what’s happening, the bride and groom find themselves in the middle of a hellish ordeal, as an uncontrollable torrent of violence is unleashed on the wedding. Amidst the chaos, Koldo and Clara become separated and begin a desperate search for one another. What started off as an idyllic day quickly descends into a nightmare of the worst kind….


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The Establishing Shot: Independent Spotlight - Four Hours
Four Hours, directed by 19 years old "Norwegian Tarantino" Andre Rettedal, has just been released on DVD and VOD. The film is a British action comedy filmed in London.  It tells the story of gangsters Capone and Tung, whose plan to rob a bar turns out to be much more complicated than expected. When they realise that they will have to wait four hours to get the code to the safe, they hold barmaid Charleene and loser Bob hostage. And, as Capone puts it "We are going to have a lot of fun in these four hours!"


Born on the Norwegian coast, Andre Rettedal always wanted to become a film director. He started writing the script for Four Hours at the age of 15. As soon as he turned 18, he left Norway to London with his grandfather's suitcase, £3000 in his pocket and a fair amount of trust in his lucky star. He eventually managed to put a team together and completed Four Hours in 6 days. The film was then acquired at the last Cannes Film Festival by Denton Distribution for international distribution.

Four Hours has just been released globally on DVD and VOD. The film is available for sale from the Denton Distribution website or through streaming on Denton Distribution's Facebook page. A competition is on to win a DVD of Four Hours by becoming a fan of Denton Distribution's Facebook page.

Initial footage from Battleship seemed to lean towards Transformers 2 or at least feel like the disappointment that was Transformers 2 but this latest trailer is off the hook and I'm now really looking forward to it.

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Based on Hasbro's classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper's fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper's older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper's crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone's superior (and Sam's father), Admiral Shane. Berg directs this epic action-adventure also produced by Scott Stuber (Couples Retreat), Sarah Aubrey (The Kingdom), Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro (the Transformers franchise), along with Duncan Henderson (Master and Commander). Summer 2012 begins with the biggest battle of all: Battleship

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CATE BLANCHETT IN BIG AND SMALL (GROSS UND KLEIN) AT THE BARBICAN
13-29 April only - Barbican Theatre
Cate Blanchett features in this delicately surreal play. Whisking us down a rabbit hole and into a wonderland-like world, Big and Small transports us to a hotel dining room where Lotte sits alone.

Courageously optimistic and perpetually disappointed, Lotte is in constant search for human connection. She is rejected by her husband, unrecognised by old friends and unfamiliar with her family. Like Carroll’s Alice, sometimes Lotte is too big for her surroundings and sometimes too small to be noticed within them.

Cate Blanchett was named Best Actress in a leading role in a major production at the 2011 Sydney Theatre Awards for this part.

A Sydney Theatre Company production, co-commissioned by the Barbican, London and London 2012 Festival using funds from the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Théâtre de la Ville Paris and Wiener Festwochen.

http://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?ID=12414

THE ALIBI FILM CLUB EVERY MONDAY
A bit like Fight Club The Alibi Film Club is an underground movement that is only whispered about whilst gathering some serious grass roots film fans since its inception about 71 weeks ago! This is largely due to the incredible films they feature like; Zardoz, The Warriors, Logan’s Run, Friday 13th Part 2 and many, many real cult classics.

Mon 26 March - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Mon 19 March - Vampyros Lesbos

It’s free EVERY Monday! Friendly, free popcorn and karaoke afterwards... “The coolest film club in London” Time Out.

For more info head over to: http://filmclub.thealibilondon.co.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alibi-Film-Club/309894705712637
Jameson Cult Film: https://www.facebook.com/jamesoncultfilmclub

FUTURE CINEMA PRESENTS BUGSY MALONE
17 March – 14 April
We've sold out our first allocation. You got to be real fast if you wanna be part of this showdown. There'll be more places released here: http://www.ticketline.co.uk/future-cinema-presents-bugsy-malone#tour
Guys and dolls both young and old are welcome along to our extra-special matinee performances, just the treat for the Easter season – special family tickets for the afternoons are available through our friends at Time Out.

So don’t I ever hear ya sayin’ that we don’t care about the young guns...

The boss wants you to meet under the bridge, Caroline Street, E1, on the east side. Look out for Joey the violinist.

Matinee meeting times 12pm. No later than 12.30pm.
Evening meeting times 6.30pm. No later than 7pm.

Now you got to act real normal and pretend like nothing happened. We don't want the fuzz knowing nothing about this shindig otherwise we may get rumbled.

Dress: Late twenties. Ritzy and real swanky. Bring a book, give it to the librarian to get in to the club.

Hoodlums, wear your best suits and ties and whatever you do don’t be forgetting your hats.

Molls, the boss wants you to wear your best glad rags. Oh and one more thing... You got to bring a flower to give to the boss. Now this is real important. We gotta keep the boss happy.

Some of you may decide to talk. We got Bernie the weasel and his boys keeping an eye on you so don't be saying nuthin to no-one.

See you at Fat Sam's.
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2000AD MASTERMIND - YOUR CHANCE TO BE THARG FOR A DAY
Legendary British comic 2000AD is a big part of Kapow! and to celebrate 35 years of Galaxy’s Greatest Comic Kapow! is holding a special Mastermind live on stage where super-fans will be quizzed on their 2000AD knowledge.

The prize? A chance to edit an issue at the 2000AD office and be Tharg for a day! Contestants will be drawn from the Kapow! audience and anyone can come and watch. It’s the quiz you’ve been waiting for since you crawled from the ocean, Earthlets.

Splundig Vur Thrigg!
Visitors to Kapow!, which is returning to the Business Design Centre, Islington, London on 19th & 20th May 2012, will be amongst the first in the world to get an exclusive look at upcoming comics, movie blockbusters and hit TV shows from the biggest publishers and studios in the world. With panels and announcements from A-list names throughout the weekend including Warren Ellis, Scott Snyder, Mark Millar, Sara Pichelli, Dave Gibbons, Frank Quitely, Bryan Hitch plus over 50 more top creators. Kapow! is certainly an event not to miss this year.

Buy your ticket before 31st March and be entered into a prize draw to win Sunday lunch with Joe Quesada! The five winners will be treated to an intimate lunch on Sunday 20th May where you can hear all about Marvel’s plans and inside secrets from the man himself!

Tickets for Kapow! are only available in advance and through the website www.kapowcomicconvention.com. Tickets for Kapow! 2011 sold out ahead of the event, so get your tickets now.

FIONA BANNER PRESENTS ORSON WELLES' HEART OF DARKNESS, THE FIRST EVER PERFORMANCE, WITH ACTOR BRIAN COX
Actor Brian Cox announced for first ever performance of Welles’ screenplay, ‘the greatest film never made’

On Saturday 31 March from 5.30pm, artist Fiona Banner will present Orson Welles’ unmade screenplay based on Joseph Conrad’s book Heart of Darkness for the first time. Emmy Award winning Brian Cox, celebrated for his roles in films such as Manhunter, Braveheart and more recently Coriolanus, will play all parts in this special reading, streamed live through www.aroomforlondon.co.uk and onto a screen in Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room for anyone to come and watch for free.

Welles wrote his script of Heart of Darkness in the late 1930s, finishing it in 1939. It was to be his first film and he’d intended to play the roles of both narrator Marlow and protagonist Kurtz. However it was finally rejected by Studio RKO for being too political, too expensive and too uncompromising artistically, let alone the parallels that could potentially be drawn to the rise of fascism in Europe at the time and between the character of Kurtz and Hitler. Welles went on to make Citizen Kane instead.

Fiona Banner says: ‘Like the original novel, Welles’ script is a parody of power gone bad. It’s also a narrative of seduction, both a lens and a mirror. In the 1890s, Conrad’s theme was colonialism, in the 1930s Welles’ theme was the rise of fascism. Today, the focus is greed, globalisation and high finance.’

Cox will perform the entire text live to camera on board A Room for London, a one-bedroom installation in the shape of a riverboat perched on top of Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, overlooking the River Thames. The boat, called Roi des Belges, designed by David Kohn Architects in collaboration with Fiona Banner, was inspired by the original riverboat of the same name captained by Joseph Conrad whilst in the Congo in 1890, a journey echoed in Heart of Darkness. Throughout the performance, the actor will address himself, channelling the mythological character of Welles, and the excessive and self destructive superhero Kurtz and his alter ego Marlow.

Fiona Banner’s presentation of Orson Welles’ Heart of Darkness is part of Artangel’s A Room for London programme where the boat becomes an extraordinary temporary studio for writers, musicians and artists throughout 2012. The programme also includes A London Address, a series of monthly writings and recordings, Sounds from a Room, a series of live music webcasts, and Ideas for London, a competition in association with the London Evening Standard to uncover Londoners’ most remarkable ideas to make their city a better place.

This durational special performance of Heart of Darkness will begin in the late afternoon and continue through twilight into the evening. Southbank Centre audiences can come and go as they please. It will also be available on demand on www.aroomforlondon.co.uk until 30 June.

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS & PANEL DISCUSSION WITH NICK PARK, MARK WARING AND TONY DALTON
7pm, 26 April 2012
To mark the publication of Ray Harryhausen’s Fantasy Scrapbook we are delighted to be screening the special effects masterpiece, Jason and the Argonauts.

This sweeping adventure about Jason's search for the golden fleece and his encounters with mythic gods and monsters is capped with a stirring score by Bernard Herrmann.

Following the screening, animation experts Nick Park, Mark Waring and Tony Dalton (curator of the Harryhausen Foundation) will be in conversation on the Cinema 1 stage.

http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=13232

ID FEST 2012 IS COMING TO DERBY!
QUAD , Derby’s centre for art and film, is proud to announce to return of the identity themed film festival to the city from May 24th – 27th 2012.

ID Fest 2012 looks at the theme of Heroes and its representation in cinema. From Thursday 24th May to Sunday 27th May the festival will showcase those heroes both in front of and behind the camera.

Our retrospective strands of the festival will highlight many of cinemas greatest heroes, as well as some anti-heroes too; the Heroes of Cinema programme will celebrate the talent of one of cinemas greatest filmmaking heroes, Ken Russell; and over the weekend a series of workshops, showcase events and introductions from leading figures in the UK film industry will provide tomorrows filmmaking talent and cinema lovers alike with informative, engaging and entertaining accounts of the film industry – where it’s been, where it is and where its heading.

The full festival programme is still being put together ready to be unveiled with the official launch of the ID Fest website in the next few weeks (www.idfest.co.uk) but many events and special guests are already confirmed.

Mike Hodges (Get Carter) joins us this year to introduce a screening of his best known film and to also join a panel discussion looking at Heroes of cinema featuring casting directors and agents. We are also pleased to welcome the one and only Brian Blessed to introduce a screening of Flash Gordon, and actor/director Paddy Considine will be at ID Fest with a special guest to deliver a talk on how to direct actors.

The festival promises something for everyone and will also feature a packed programme of other events to get up to in between the films; DJ nights, film quizzes, even a 24 Hour film challenge to test filmmaker’s skills against the clock!

We’re really excited about ID Fest 2012 and think you’ll agree we’ve put together an exciting programme of films, special guests and events that will ensure the festival is one to remember.

http://www.idfest.co.uk/

ZAC EFRON RETURNS TO THE UK IN APRIL 2012
Warner Bros is delighted to announce the imminent arrival of ZAC EFRON to the UK in April for the British premiere of his new movie THE LUCKY ONE which will be released 4 May. When THE LUCKY ONE UK Facebook page reaches 1,000 likes Warner Bros. will launch a competition for a fan to win a pair of tickets to the UK premiere. (http://www.facebook.com/TheLuckyOneUK).

The star-studded event, which is set to take place in London will also welcome the arrival of Nicholas Sparks, author of the critically-acclaimed novel upon which the movie is based, the film’s award-winning director Scott Hicks and Zac’s co-star Taylor Schilling (upcoming Argo).

Directed by Academy Award-nominated Scott Hicks (Shine) and based on the bestselling novel of the same name, this romantic tale about fate and destiny, sees Zac Efron play the part of Logan Thibault, a former U.S. Marine Sergeant who returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq, with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive—a photograph he found of a woman he doesn’t even know. Learning her name is Beth (Schilling) and where she lives, he shows up at her door. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be much more than his good luck charm.

For the chance to win a pair of tickets to the premiere just like THE LUCKY ONE UK Facebook page and wait for the competition to be announced at the below link: Official The Lucky One UK facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/TheLuckyOneUK

DFG IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SHEFFIELD DOC/FEST
Saturday 17th March 2012 | 10am – 1pm Or 2pm – 5pm
Following on from its success as an extension of DFG Day at Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Mini-Meetmarket is coming to London this spring. The Mini-Meetmarket is a unique opportunity for new and emerging documentary filmmakers to meet Executive Producers to pitch their idea in an intimate roundtable environment.

The aim is simple: to enable you to get feedback on your documentary idea from industry execs, no matter how undeveloped it is at this stage. You’ll get a response on how you pitched it as well as pointers on how it needs developing, where to go next, and how to improve your chances of getting funding.

"Mini-Meetmarket is one of those essential forums to help kick-start new documentary ideas into the real world of filmmaking." André Singer, Spring Films

There are often barriers between a great idea and getting it heard by the right person. Direct access to Commissioning Editors isn’t always easy and in fact is often not the best route to take. Partnering with an Exec who has a strong relationship with a broadcaster may often give your project a much better chance of a commission.

Those filmmakers who are selected to go through to the Mini-Meetmarket will be asked to attend either the morning or afternoon session. This will start with a one-hour introductory workshop to pitching, followed by a two-hour round table session.

Mini-Meetmarket began at Sheffield Doc/Fest in 2006 as part of DFG Day: a day (and a bit) of informative sessions and pitching opportunities to help new and emerging talent move ahead in the documentary industry. These opportunities are run as a partnership between DFG and Doc/Fest as part of their ongoing commitment to supporting talent. The initiative has moved from strength to strength, and is now coming to London for the first time.

HOW IT WORKS…
Mini-Meetmarket London will take place on Saturday 17th March in two sessions:
Morning session: 10am – 1pm
Afternoon session: 2pm – 5pm

http://thedfg.org/news/details/1104/the-mini-meetmarket-comes-to-london

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S KINGDOM OF PLANTS 3D WILL BURST ONTO SKY 3D SCREENS IN MAY 2012
Sky 3D and Atlantic Productions today announce that the ground-breaking KINGDOM OF PLANTS 3D, a three part mini-series written and presented by David Attenborough, will begin airing in May 2012.

Filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which houses some 90% of all known plant species in one form or another, KINGDOM OF PLANTS 3D is multi-award winning natural history broadcaster David Attenborough’s fourth collaboration with Sky 3D and Atlantic Productions. The immersive and compelling series reveals a fascinating new look at plant life through the use of stunning 3D time-lapse filming techniques.

Each of the three 50 minute episodes will cover a different area of plant life. Life in the Wet Zone looks at the adaptation of plants to wet and humid environments, with episode two, Solving the Secrets, exploring the behind-the-scenes lives of plant movement, scent and communication. Survival, the concluding episode, focuses on the continual adaptation of plants as well as a look at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, which houses almost two billion seeds of more than 30,000 species of wild plants to ensure their future for generations to come.

David Attenborough commented: “One of the most wonderful things about filming plants is that you can reveal hidden aspects of their lives. You can capture the moment as one plant strangles another, and as they burst into flower. But whilst time-lapse photography allows you to see things that no human being has ever seen before, the added element of 3D takes the audience even further still. Stamens extend and burst to reveal their pollen grains in exquisite detail, and we can see close-up the incredible insects that partner up with these plants. The whole experience in 3D is just entrancing, and hypnotically beautiful.”

Since launching Sky 3D in October 2010 Sky has broken new ground across a range of genres, including natural history, live music, the arts, spots and movies. Highlights have included David Attenborough’s THE BACHELOR KING 3D, a number of summer music festivals, opera and ballet, Kylie Minogue live from the O2, Got to Dance, the 3D TV world premieres of Avatar, Alice in Wonderland and the Toy Story Trilogy as well as more than 150 live sports broadcast spanning a range of domestic and international sports.
KINGDOM OF PLANTS 3D airs in May 2012 on Sky 3D and will be simulcast in 2D on Sky Atlantic HD.

BBC FILMS' BRIGHT STAR TO BE SHOWN ON BBC 2 & BBC HD ON SATURDAY 24 MARCH
BBC 2 & BBC HD are to premiere Jane Campion’s portrait of love and loss, BRIGHT STAR, on Saturday 24 March at 20:45.

Romantic poet, John Keats’s love for Fanny Brawne inspired some of the most beautiful love letters ever written. BRIGHT STAR portrays the secret love affair between the 23 year old English poet and the girl next door, an outspoken student of fashion.

Set in London 1818 this unlikely pair starts at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general.

It is the illness of Keats’s younger brother that finally draws them together as Keats is touched by Fanny’s efforts to help and agrees to teach her poetry.

By the time Fanny’s alarmed mother and Keats’s best friend Brown realise their attachment, the relationship has an unstoppable momentum. Intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other, the young lovers are swept into powerful new sensations and together ride a wave of romantic obsession that deepens as their troubles mount.

When Keats falls ill a year later, the two young lovers face not marriage, but separation. In Keats' own poignant words, "forever panting and forever young".

BRIGHT STAR is directed by Oscar Winning Jane Campion (The Piano) and stars Abbie Cornish (Limitless) as Fanny Brawne alongside Ben Whishaw (Perfume) as John Keats.

CELEBRATE ST PATRICKS DAY WITH SKY
To celebrate the luck of the Irish and their fantastic film talent, Sky Movies is putting on a weekend of top Celtic craftsmanship.

Bad boy Colin Farrell kicks off the Gaelic gala with single-location thriller Phone Booth, before great turns from Liam Neeson (Clash Of The Titans) and 2012 BAFTA® nominee Michael Fassbender (Centurion) keep the craic coming.

Plus, young Oscar® nominee Saoirse Ronan gives a striking performance alongside Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett in indie thriller Hanna.

Irish Actors Sat 17th – Sun 18th March Sky Movies Showcase/HD. Key titles in bold:
Sat 17th 1.10pm Phone Booth (Colin Farrell)
Sat 17th 5.25pm The A-Team* (Liam Neeson)
Sat 17th 7.30pm Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Brendan Gleeson)
Sat 17th 10pm Centurion (Michael Fassbender)

Sun 18th 3.10pm Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief (Pierce Brosnan)
Sun 18th 5.15pm Troy* (Brendan Gleeson)
Sun 18th 8pm Hanna* (Saoirse Ronan)
Sun 18th 10pm Clash Of The Titans (2010)* (Liam Neeson)
Sun 18th 26.55 Ondine (Colin Farrell)

TOMMY (1975) SCREENING FOR BFI SCALA KEN RUSSELL FOREVER SEASON
Monday 12th March at The Alibi, 91 Kingsland High Street
From 7pm - 10pm, with the film at 8pm. Free entry, free popcorn, friendly and specials on Jameson!

Alibi Film Club Presents... TOMMY (1975) as part of the BFI SCALA 'KEN RUSSELL FOREVER' season of screenings. KEN RUSSELL FOREVER 10 - 20 March 2012. A Tribute to our Late, Great, British Treasure brought to you by London’s film clubs from the Scala Forever network

On 27 November 2011, Britain lost one of its most cherished, most provocative and most fantastical of film and television directors: KEN RUSSELL. To commemorate his life and to coincide with the BFI DVD release of The Devils, Scala Forever put out the call to its members, comprising of London’s finest film clubs, independent cinemas, film magazines and pop up venues, to organise 10 days of celebratory screenings.

Between 10 - 20 March, members of the Scala Forever network will present a selection of Ken Russell’s work, from his earliest television documentaries through to his most acclaimed feature films alongside discussions and special events.

Partners in the season include the BFI, Electric Sheep Magazine, Cigarette Burns Cinema, Rio Cinema, Roxy Bar and Screen, Filmbar70, Strange Attractor Press, The Horse Hospital, Picturehouse Cinemas, Still Advance, Exploding Head Film Club, Alibi Film Club, Club Des Femmes, Suitcase Cinema and Assemble’s Sugarhouse Studios.

Full programme details are and up to date information, check http://scalaforever.co.uk/ network or the Scala Forever’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/174286619294871 and Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/scalaforever .
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Alibi Film Club new event page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alibi-Film-Club/309894705712637

HITCHCOCK AND HOLLYWOOD WITH TIPPI HEDREN - BRINGING THE GREAT DAYS OF HOLLYWOOD TO LIFE
17 March 2012 at 7.30pm
Tippi Hedren, the last of Alfred Hitchcock’s glamorous blondes, will be on-stage at the Fairfield to tell you of her time working with Hollywood’s master of suspense. A critic wrote, ‘Hitchcock had given us one Grace Kelly in a generation and seems intent on giving us another in the person of Tippi Hedren, a classically beautiful, regally poised blonde.’

With clips from some of Hitchcock’s most famous films on the Fairfield’s Big-Screen, Miss Hedren will discuss the background to famous Hitchcock films, such as Vertigo, Psycho, Marnie, The Man Who Knew Too Much and North By North West.

Alfred Hitchcock left his hometown, East London, to be at the heart of the Film World in Hollywood. With his quirky approach to film-making, he had a deep understanding of music’s role in heightening tension. Even so, The Birds has no music, while Psycho uses nothing but string instruments. Bernard Herrmann, Hitchcock’s favourite composer, won an Oscar for The Devil & Daniel Webster.

With the critically acclaimed New Queen’s Hall Orchestra on stage to play some of Hollywood’s greatest scores, this will be an exceptional evening for anyone interested in the cinema and fine music-making. John Farrer, a great American conductor and a devoted fan of the NQHO, will guarantee the full Hollywood treatment.

Tippi Hedren is not just a Hollywood Star. She is also famous for her love affair with wild animals, meeting her first lion while filming in Africa. Ever since, she has devoted herself to looking after some 60 Big-Cats, including lions, tigers, leopards and cougars at her reserve in California. Many of these superb animals are cast-offs from zoos and circuses. With her daughter, Melanie Griffith, Miss Hedren produced and appeared in a film entitled ‘Roar’, which helped establish her big-cat reserve. Perhaps she will tell us a little about this wonderful work. What an extraordinary evening we shall have!

New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
John Farrer - Conductor
Tippi Hedren - Hollywood Actress

Fairfield Concert Hall, Croydon
Saturday 17 March 2012 at 7.30pm

For more info head over to: http://www.nqho.com/NQHO/Concerts-17th_Mar_2012.html

MARLEY PREVIEW PLUS QA WITH DIRECTOR KEVIN MACDONALD
Tuesday 10 April, 7.15 for 7.30 start

Join us for a special premiere screening of MARLEY, a new documentary on the life, music and legacy of Bob Marley.

As part of their continuing support of independent cinema across the UK, Volkswagen will also be treating guests to COMPLIMENTARY POPCORN & DRINKS, plus an exclusive exhibition.

Tickets for this event are currently available to Picturehouse Members only in person at the Box Office or on 0871 902 5739 and will go on general sale on 9 March.

MARLEY is in cinemas from 20 April.

To learn more about Volkswagen’s support of independent cinema and for future events, film news and giveaways, check us out here: Facebook.com/seefilmdifferently


ZACH BRAFF’S ALL NEW PEOPLE PLAY AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE
UNTIL 28 APRIL 2012
The dead of winter, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, Charlie (Zach Braff) has hit rock bottom. Away from the rest of the world, this perfect escape is interrupted by a motley parade of misfits who show up and change his plans. A hired beauty, a fireman and an eccentric British real estate agent desperately trying to stay in the country all suddenly find themselves tangled together in a beach house where the mood is anything but sunny.

This angst-fuelled comedy saw New York's Second Stage Theatre packed out nightly and received rave reviews from US critics, with its present day dilemmas and take on four very different characters' way of life.

All New People is on at The Duke Of York's Theatre Until 28 April, 2012

For more info and tickets head to: http://duke-of-yorks.official-theatre.co.uk/london/all-new-people

BFI FELLOWSHIP AWARD TO RICHARD LESTER & ROBIN AND MARIAN SCREENING
22 Mar 18:30 NFT1
The BFI Fellowship, bestowed for outstanding achievement in film and television, will be presented to Richard Lester as part of an on-stage interview. This is the BFI's highest accolade and previous recipients include Martin Scorsese, Isabelle Huppert, Judi Dench and Ridley Scott. Lester is a boldly original director whose films include A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! (1965) and The Knack... and How to Get It (1965); the latter won the Cannes Grand Prix. Other career highlights include The Three Musketeers (1973) and a cult classic with Spike Milligan, The Bed-Sitting Room (1969). Robin and Marian is a film which has a key place in Richard Lester's career. It boasts a cohort of great actors led by Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn in the title roles. With a minimum of swashbuckling, the story tells the story of Robin Hood's return from the Crusades to seek out his old love. A delightful and deftly crafted, bittersweet, comic romance for adults.

For more info head over to: http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/events/bfi_fellowship_award_to_richard_lester_robin_and_marian

TIM BURTON - THE EXHIBITION IN PARIS
From March 7 to August 5, 2012
This Tim Burton exhibition is not only exhilarating opportunity to review all his films (including his private short films) but also, a chance to experience a major Tim Burton exhibition designed by the MoMA in New York 2009 and received here this spring, discover his talents as a draftsman, painter, video artist, photographer, inventor of colourful and stunning sculptures.


With over 700 works on display
Drawings, sculptures (including several original creations of Tim Burton for the exhibition), the large format Polaroids made by the artist props, models, costumes and film clips (feature and short films unpublished).

Related events:
- A retrospective Tim Burton
- Guided tours
- Courses
- Meetings
- Educational workshops ...

For more info head over to: http://www.cinematheque.fr/fr/expositions-cinema/printemps-2012-tim-burto/

CALIFORNIA CLASSICS FESTIVAL IS BACK

It’s a unique opportunity for film fans to watch these classic movies in the cinema again, along with a special introduction filmed on-location in California to give an insight into the settings that are instrumental to each film. We’re giving away the tickets for free to each screening, and best of all, there’ll also be free Californian wine (for over 18’s) and popcorn too. You just need to register your interest on the California Classics Facebook page (www.facebook.com/californiaclassics) prior to the screening in order to be in with the chance to win. Tickets will be randomly allocated before each screening. Everyone who registers also gets entered into a free prize draw with the chance to win a holiday to LA with Air New Zealand.


To apply for tickets to these free events, simply visit our Facebook page where you will be asked to submit your name and email address to be entered into the draw. All tickets will be randomly allocated via an automated system and notifications of whether or not you have been successful will be sent out from one week in advance of the screening.


Screening dates and locations are as follows:
Milk – 14th March
Bullitt – 21st March
Chinatown – 28th March
Sideways – 4th April

Locations:
Brighton - Duke of York’s Picturehouse
Edinburgh - Dominion Cinema
Liverpool - Picturehouse at FACT
London - Hackney Picturehouse
London - Price Charles Cinema, Leicester Square
Newcastle - Tyneside Cinema


Starting on 14th March
For more info head over to: https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaClassics?sk=app_137314303054447

DAMSELS IN DISTRESS SCREENING AND WHIT STILLMAN IN CONVERSATION
11 Apr 18:10 NFT1
Whit Stillman's witty, bitter-sweet look at the lives of a quartet of girls who are determined to make their mark at a male-dominated college.

Stillman's long-awaited film (his first since The Last Days of Disco) takes a typically witty, bitter-sweet look at the lives of a quartet of girls who are determined to ring the changes at a depressingly grungy, hitherto boorish and male-dominated East Coast college. As they put their plans into action, they also, inevitably, become involved with various members of the establishment's masculine population, and find both their loyalty to one another and their very sanity coming under threat… A wry comedy of modern tribal manners, characteristically notable for its superb dialogue and fine performances.

For more info head over to: http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/events/previews_in_conversation/damsels_in_distress_whit_stillman_in_conversation

THE LOOK PREVIEW SCREENING AND QA WITH CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
27 Apr 18:10 NFT1
A biographical documentary exploring actress Charlotte Rampling's life and career. Told through Rampling's own conversations with friends and collaborators including writer Paul Auster, artist Juergen Teller and poet Frederick Seidel, and intercut with footage from her long and diverse career.

The BFI are delighted to welcome Charlotte Rampling to take part in a Q&A following the film.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/events/previews_in_conversation/preview_the_look_qa_with_charlotte_rampling

SCI-FI LONDON PARADE
29 Apr 10:00
SCI-FI-LONDON returns to BFI Southbank once again in May, with screenings of shorts, features and documentaries – and this year includes a focus on games and e-sports in the Blue Room. But to kick things off, on Sun 29 April, the SCI-FI-LONDON Costume Parade invites you to dress up as your favourite movie character and parade around the Southbank.

Full details of the parade and how to grab a golden ticket to the after-party are on the festival's website www.sci-fi-london.com

AN EVENING WITH ROBERT REDFORD AND T BONE BURNETT, MODERATED BY NICK HORNBY
Thursday, 26 April 2012 - 7:00PM
Sharing the stage for the first time, Robert Redford and T Bone Burnett will discuss the finely hewn craft of matching music to image. Introduced and interviewed live by British screenwriter and novelist Nick Hornby, they will share their recollections of achieving great musical moments with the many filmmakers, actors and musicians they’ve collaborated with throughout their storied careers. Hornby will utilise film clips to illustrate some of the many films they've worked on for which music made an indelible contribution, as well as discussing with Redford and Burnett some of their favourite musical moments from other great films that have influenced their work. Music artist to be announced.

For more info & ticket head over to: http://www.sundance-london.com/

JAMES BOND 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
23 November 2012, 7:30pm
Programme includes music from all of the first 23 Bond films, including Goldfinger, From Russian with Love, Diamonds are Forever, A View to a Kill and Quantum of Solace. Philharmonia Orchestra, Carl Davis conductor, Mary Carewe, Lance Ellington

In this very special event, timed to coincide with the new James Bond film Skyfall, Carl Davis and the Philharmonia Orchestra mark the 50th Anniversary of Bond's first appearance on the silver screen with a night dedicated to 007.

Strictly Come Dancing vocalist Lance Ellington and Mary Carewe bring 23 of Bond's iconic musical scores to life in an evening guaranteed to leave you both shaken and stirred!

For more info & ticket had over to: http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/music/classical/tickets/philharmonia-orchestra-63602

The Establishing Shot: Week 9 2012 Film News Round-up